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Albanian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
French Language  
Romanian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Gracias  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Por Favor  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
triste  
Me fal  

Bye
adiós  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
Español  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Not Available  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
albanais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Albanians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
alb  

ISO 639 3
spa  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Albanian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Albanian Language History.

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Spanish and Albanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Albanian language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Albanian Difficulty

The Spanish vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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